“Interpreters and Translators have existed for centuries, but Bilingual Advocacy is a relatively new practice that is in the process of being recognized as a “profession” in its own right.

Bilingual Link workers/advocates, interpreters, community interpreters, and translators are all titles for bilingual workers who are most commonly employed and provide language support to the users (both from the minority ethnic communities and from the health and social care agencies).”

Therefore, keep in mind that these are Two (2) different Roles that SHOULD NOT be mixed and here’s why!

Being bilingual is a great skill to have, but “Only qualified individuals should serve as interpreters.

Nevertheless, sexual assault victim advocates who are fluent in languages other than English are sometimes asked by police, prosecutors, and other professionals to provide interpretive services for victims.

In these cases, even if the advocate is a qualified interpreter, it can be difficult to maintain the boundary between the interpreter’s role and the sexual assault victim advocate’s confidential role. So, for example, just as a sexual assault victim advocate is accountable to the victim, a court interpreter is accountable to the court.

However, if an advocate serves as an interpreter, the advocate becomes a part of the investigative process and may end up having to testify against the best interest of the victim. Thus, an advocate must not serve as both sexual assault victim advocate and interpreter, and must explain the possible consequences to the victim before ever serving as both advocate and interpreter.”

If you are bilingual and want to Start a Career as a Professional Interpreter then I highly recommend that you Sign Up for my Introduction to Interpreting to learn the Do’s, Don’ts and the Good, Bad and Evil of the industry, if you want your Career and Business to Grow and Succeed, but more importantly Avoid Putting your Career and Business at RISK, or the lives of others!

It’s the LAW TO PROVIDE an Interpreter to Limited English Individuals!

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